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` Gate Hinge. No. 237,451. Patented Feb. 8,1881.

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N.P1EH"S. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINITI'UN.` D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN B. SEBBING, OF OGDEN, MICHIGAN.

GATEfHINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,451, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed November 1'7, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN B. SEBRING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogden, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, haveinvented eert-ain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hinges; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or igures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a side elevation of the gate; Fig. 2, a perspective, showing the gateswung open; Fig. 3, a side'view of the post. a portion being brokenaway, showing the location of the several parts of the hinge-to wit, theplate, the friction-roller, and the hook or latch, the latter beingthrown back from the friction-roller journal; and Fig. 4, detached viewsof the friction-roller and plate.

My invention relates to sliding and swinging gates; and it consists inthe construction of the gate-hinge, as `hereinafter described, andsought to be specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates one gate-post, andB another, while O is the gate. The gate is composed of a series oflongitudinal and'vertical bars, ar.

ranged as shown, and is supported and held v in position on the post Bby a hin ge, which I will now in detail describe.

The hinge consists of a plate, D, bolted, screwed, or otherwise fastenedto the post B, one end of the plate being, by preference, rounded, and,for the purpose of a support, extended beyond-the side of the post, asindicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 8. This plate is provided with ajournal-pin, E, which projects' at right angles to the face of theplate, and is rounded, except near its outer end, where it is preferablyilattened and provided with an eye. On this pin there is journaled` afriction roller or wheel, F, which fits the journal so as to be free toturn thereon, and it sits close up to the plate D, next to and againstthat portion of it which `projects beyond the post, and its curvatureand that of the projecting portion of plate Dare made about alike, sothat the gate may rest firmly on both the roller and plate.

A hook, G,vis swung from a p in, Il, driven into the post B, asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so that it can swing in twodirections, in order that its eyed end may be swung parallel with thejournal-pin -E, about which it fits, and also in a direction that willpermit the gate-rail to be placed in and removed from position, such adirection being shown in Fig. 3.

The gate is placed in position with one of its rails resting on thefriction-roller F, so that the gate may be slid from right to leftacross the road, and also be swung in a curved line across the road.When in the latter position the gate is open and its bar rests on boththe `friction-roller and the projecting end of the plate D, asillustrated in Fig. l, aud when in the other position the gate is closed'and its bar rests only on the roller, so that when the gate is open ithas as broad, if not a broader, bearing-surface for the rail as whenclosed.

The gate is held in position on its support or bearing bythe hook G, theeye of which is passed over the end of journal-pin lll, and preventedfrom slipping therefrom by the staple or pin I, passed through the eyeof the journal-pin.

By the construction and location of the foregoing-described parts thehinge remains in an uuchan ged position, while the gate works assatisfactorily as if it were on a pivoted bear! ing or hinge 5 and,further, the parts are few, simple in construction, cheap ot'manufacture, easily put together, and readily replaced.

I make the middle or some other one of the longitudinal rails extendbeyond the vertical end piece, so as to serve as a tongue to iit into agroove formed in the post A, where it is held and the gate kept closedby a piu, J, passed through a hole in the post and the said tongue.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The within-describedgate-hinge, consisting of the plate D, provided with pin E, having thefriction-roller F journaled thereon, and the swinginghook Gr, adapted tofit over the end of journal-pin E, the parts being con structed andarranged topperate as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of `two witnesses.

NORMAN B. SEBRING.

Witnesses:

B. B. BOBBINS. A. OEDTWAY.

